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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
George Pete Imthurn, San Diego, CA (US);
Ravi Pramod Kumar Vedula, San Diego, CA (US);
Stephen Alan Fanelli, San Marcos, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0007 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optically powered switch. An example optically powered switch generally includes a light source configured to output an optical signal. The example optically powered switch generally includes a photodiode configured to convert the optical signal to an electrical signal. The example optically powered switch generally includes a bias and control circuit configured to power at least one radio frequency (RF) switch using the electrical signal.